Maning,<br><br>It surely had longer battery life than my Xperia X8 when constantly using GPS tracking. Not sure how long a full charge will last but, per the experience mentioned, after a whole day's trip (6am-9pm) with tracking on, there was still more than 20% charge left.<br>
<br>I can check out the battery life on our next trip.<br><br>:>)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:06 PM, maning sambale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Ed,<br>
<br>
Is this the Galaxy Y?<br>
<a href="http://www.keywordspeak.com/2011/10/samsung-galaxy-y-review-price.html" target="_blank">http://www.keywordspeak.com/2011/10/samsung-galaxy-y-review-price.html</a><br>
Yeah its cheaper. What about the battery time with gps tarcking enabled?<br>
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Ed Garcia <<a href="mailto:eppgarcia@gmail.com">eppgarcia@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> We have tested our Galaxy Y on one of our waypoint trips and it basically<br>
> delivered all the requirements below nicely. Track accuracy and resolution<br>
> (using My Tracks) was impressive. Camera shots were of acceptable quality<br>
> (you wont hate it but it is not a wow either). Geotagging photos by GPS<br>
> Essentials or by the native camera app was easy to use.<br>
><br>
> I like the fact that you can (if you have 3G or wifi) you can send all your<br>
> data almost immediately by gmail to whoever needs it.<br>
><br>
> Plus ... the Galaxy Y is even cheaper than the Cherry Mobile!<br>
><br>
> ed<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Jim Morgan <<a href="mailto:jim@datalude.com">jim@datalude.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> maning sambale wrote, On Wednesday, 18 January, 2012 03:42 PM:<br>
>> > - data logger and digital cam - photos can be synchronized with gps<br>
>> > tracks, has long battery life suitable for long fieldwork<br>
>><br>
>> I believe all you have to do is make sure that the camera time and date is<br>
>> set accurately and you can use the captured time and date of the photo to<br>
>> associate it with the GPX file.<br>
>><br>
>> > - a cheap droid phone - all in one device for fieldnotes,<br>
>> > phototagging and gps tracklogging, limited battery life. Jim<br>
>> > mentioned a while ago Cherry mobile cosmo [0]. @Jim, based on your<br>
>> > experience, do still suggest we look at this phone?<br>
>><br>
>> The camera is not so good (wasn't really expecting it to be in fact), so<br>
>> it would only be good for shots in daylight, and when the detail wasn't<br>
>> imperative. Battery life might be an issue, so you'd need to pack an<br>
>> external power source or have a method of recharging. But yes, its still<br>
>> working as advertised, and does anything Android will let it do.<br>
>><br>
>> Finding one app to do everything would be tricky, so it might be a bit<br>
>> fiddly switching between mapping and photo app.<br>
>><br>
>> Jim<br>
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